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I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest.

Today, in a special episode, we hear a constellation of voices from a special concert hosted at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Mayfair, London,

in support of the Ukrainian Welcome Centre, who have been at the forefront helping Ukrainians in Britain displaced by the war.

For this edition, amid gilded mosaics, red brick tiles and creaking pews, I'll speak to the head soprano for her reflections on what the war means for her country.

To the Bishop of the Cathedral about how the community have responded to the plight of Ukrainians and to the head of the Ukrainian Welcome Centre about the nature of their work supporting refugees.

It's an in-depth look at the day-to-day work of those who have been supporting people, forced to leave their homes and settle in a foreign country.

But first, I talked to the soprano at the concert, Julia Trishkyu, about her story and the plight of her country.

Please note, these interviews were recorded several weeks ago now, especially for these Christmas broadcasts.

When the war began, did it come as an immense shock to you?

It was a massive shock, to be honest. I heard people saying that it would start.

Honestly, I was very skeptical, I have very much believed in the sense of people.

I was hoping that it would never start.

When people were mentioning, I was saying, no, no, I'm sure not in this century, it's Europe, they would never do it.

Then when I remembered this day, when I woke up and I received a lot of messages from my family saying, we are fine.

I just thought, what's wrong? Because we have two hours difference.

I checked the news and I realized that Ukraine is being bombed everywhere.

I think what Russian government underestimated is how patriotic Ukrainians are and that they will be fighting.

They will be fighting until they do win.

At the same time, it's very sad because lots of lives are lost because of crazy, power-hungry people.

It affected us significantly. It was a massive shock. I didn't know how to gather myself.

I didn't know whether to go back to Ukraine and be there.

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